it is not so much if you can fly this aircraft but rather if you are willing to fly this aircraft. This is a more active participation machine, with a cluttered and cramped cockpit. This article is misleading, because this aircraft is not exactly like the stearman that military pilots had to master before getting their wings many years ago. it is a workhorse, not a polo pony, and a serious contributor to delta's profits for many years.

united may like the 50 seater, but the market does not support 50 seaters anymore. The fare structure , the costs, all speak against this once useful aircraft. Plus, these are older now, the fixed costs of maintaining them has risen, but not the fares. will these aircraft become freighters, kind of like when fed ex first cranked up- little jets ?.

this is going utterly the wrong way. Travelers are not poverty cases, so if a comfortable seat, reasonable baggage allowances, and predictable scheduling are offered, in the end these will sell and bargain hunters will go back to greyhound or amtrack.These fares and conditions are so unsatisfactory that the entire marketing mindset of the airlines offering them ought to be examined one more time. Spirit, Frontier- these are trash airlines that give very little for very much money.

perhaps the story of a screaming, crying baby is more folklore than real, but when it happens to me I wish there was a play set in the baggage compartment below the seating rows. Yes, the little noise boxes sometime get stuffed ears leading to crying, yes the little noise makers have not self censoring abilities. Yes the parents may or may not notice their little love child needs supervision. Where exactly are the little creatures in question to be sequestered? There is no time out room on an airliner. Nice fantasy, tough to implement.

I see a repeat here of when the post office was changed into the postal service, into a "profit making operation".. The post office served well for many years as a delivery service that may or may not have turned a profit, but did give good service to the country. Now we look at an agency that has no component of profit potential being readied for gender reassignment surgery that would make everything all better. For who's benefit is the question I have here.

most captains have flown the smaller jets- 737, 767, before being coronated as captain for 777. However the airline seniority system works, it seems just a little unusual. 30 years old- how many total hours in turbine aircraft is another fact we need to know here.

what could possible go wrong with authorizing the air force to gun down recalcitrant drones within American airspace. Think about that a bit. The drones are not so easy targets, the air force weapons( think cannons) is classic overkill, and every once in a while, the air force will miss the drone and somewhere on earth, western hemisphere, the ordinance will strike something other than the drone. Think about The United State Airforce Counter Drone Command. coming soon....